Treatment activity:
During this period, the UP2 800 and UP3 plants have not treated spent fuel.
From all treated assemblies, a total of 1112 tons have been processed to date this year.
During this period, 16 canisters of vitrified fission products have been produced(1) in R7 and T7, vitrification facilities.
Since the beginning of the year, 883 canisters have been produced.
The facility of hulls compaction (ACC) produced 5 canisters of compacted residues.
Since the beginning of the year, 1202 canisters have been produced.
The actuality, it is also...
JNFL (2) and AREVA signed an agreement to extend the technical assistance contract for the startup of the used nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Rokkasho-Mura in Japan's Aomori province. This amendment extends the initial cooperation agreement, signed in July 2001 by AREVA and JNFL, by two years. More than forty French operatives to work on the Rokkasho-Mura site, where they will remain until 2007. There is also a large technical support team at La Hague. The renewal of the assistance agreement bears witness to the confidence JNFL and its shareholders have had in AREVA for many years and the value they attach to AREVA's industrial experience (almost 40 years) in treating used fuel.
(1)The fission products (ultimate residues of spent fuel) are incorporated in heated glass to approximately 1100°C. The whole is poured in stainless steel containers. The fission products are an integral part of stable, compact and resistant glass. This process is called vitrification.
(2)Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) is a subsidiary of ten Japanese electricity companies